#BABE9E#BABE9E

#BABE9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.044 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE9E
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 158)
HSL	hsl(68, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -6.93, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 17.18, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0173 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.044 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8341, 49.7349, 39.5790)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE9E #A29EBE

analogous

#BEB29E #BABE9E #AABE9E

triadic

#BABE9E #9EBABE #BE9EBA

tetradic

#BABE9E #9EBEB2 #A29EBE #BE9EAA

square

#BABE9E #9EBEB2 #A29EBE #BE9EAA

split-complementary

#BABE9E #9EAABE #B29EBE

monochromatic

#82875B #A0A579 #BABE9E #D4D7C3 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BABE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE9E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE9E	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.044 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ba',
    500: '#babe9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe9e;
$custom-light: #cfd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.04399,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE9E

secondary

#D8D7E1

accent

#479E52

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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